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Which of the following is true of olfaction and gustation?

A.Gustation is chemosensory, whereas olfaction is not.

B.Humans have more olfactory receptor proteins than gustation receptor proteins.

C.Gustation and olfaction signals are processed by the same cranial nerves supplying the brain.

D.Gustation is more sensitive to stimuli than olfaction.

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E. During walking there is a period when both feet are in contact withthe ground.

QUESTION 3

Which of the following would conclusivelydemonstrate functionality of the deep fibular nerve?

A. inversion of the foot

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Which of the following is not correct for thecribriform plate?

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C. Itis located in the middle cranial fossa.

D. Itlies adjacent to the crista galli.

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QUESTION 5

During a difficult delivery an obstetricianuses forceps to extract the infant. Upon examining the baby younotice forceps impressions posteroinferior to the ear. You are mostconcerned that the:

A. styloid process and associated muscles may have been avulsed.

B. forceps may have penetrated a fontanelle.

C. middle ear cavity may have been crushed.

D. facial nerve may have been injured.

E. mastoid process may have been avulsed.

QUESTION 6

Which of the following is incorrect pertainingto the scalp?

A. Blood vessels and nerves enter the scalp inferiorly.

B. Thescalp muscles (e.g., occipitofrontalis) are attached to thepericranium.

C. Scalp injuries can result in �black eyes.�

D. Superficial wounds do not gape because the margins of the wound areheld together by the epicranial aponeurosis.

E. Scalp infections may spread to the brain via emissary veins thatpass through parietal foramina.

QUESTION 7

Which of the following associations pertainingto the dural venous sinuses is incorrect?

A. confluence of the sinuses�near internal occipital protuberance

B. arachnoid granulations�calcifications of arachnoid mater within thesinuses associated with arteriosclerosis

C. occipital sinus�metastases via internal vertebral venousplexuses

D. inferior sagittal sinus�located within the falx cerebri

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You examine a comatose patient in theemergency room. His wife relates that her husband was struckaccidentally in his �temple� by a baseball. After an initial periodof unconsciousness, he seemed to be okay but later became drowsyand comatose. You suspect that the patient is suffering from:

A. anextradural (epidural) hematoma caused by a laceration of thetransverse venous sinus.

B. anextradural (epidural) hematoma caused by a laceration of a branchof the middle meningeal artery.

C. asubdural hematoma caused by a laceration of a branch of the middlemeningeal artery.

D. asubarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a laceration of the internalcarotid artery.

E. asubdural hematoma caused by a laceration of a branch of thetransverse venous sinus.

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D. cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis)�an anastomosis betweenthe two vertebral and two internal carotid arteries

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Which of the following is not correctpertaining to olfaction?

A. Theolfactory tract terminates in the medulla.

B. Theaxons of secondary olfactory neurons form the olfactory tract.

C. Thecentral processes of the right and left olfactory receptor neuronseach collectively form the right and left olfactory nerve.

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Upon neurological examination, you notice aslow pupillary light reflex in a patient's right eye. Which of thefollowing is consistent with this sign?

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